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Oct 21, 2022 11:46 PM
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trandy
Actually...that's cool.
lostsoulmumei
But no swiss army knife or bottle opener?
Munchman347
Every time you lit up, the alarm went off and the calculator told you how many months of life you just lost...
Athelmar42
My phone can do two of those, three if the battery heats up enough.
JoshuaHarazin
This might be the Eightiesest ad ever put to print.
mentor1975
Meet the calculator wars
supermario182
I prefer the ti83 plus flame thrower
VulcanP90
Casio made everything into a calculator didn't they?
sloch
There was a notepad option available too. An actual paper notepad that slotted into the back of it. Ahhhh the tech of the 80s.
Ponderpoo
SmHELLboy89
SmHELLboy89
I quit the smokes 3 years ago and I ended up nearly dieing of smoking related pneumonia a week ago..
SmHELLboy89
And as I have it written down here on my calculator that's 35 months and 3 weeks after
Imalwaysready
“Steve! What happened to your hand, man?” “I burned it trying to find the snooze button.”
spherehole
KiopMiko
This post reminded me just how prevalent smoking was prior to the 2000s. Cars came with cigarette lighters lol
guinnessforjimthanks
The future was great once
Bleppo
My old Samsung Galaxy Note 7 could also do all that
Jdsalamander
Is that Tom cruise?
insomniaticdaydrifter
I was wondering the same thing
ScootiePuffJrSucks
And my math teacher said I wouldn't always have a lighter with me!
triggerfox
Shit, the number of times I’ve been lighting a candle and thought “damn I really need to do some math right now”
Justzissguy
Stressed out accountants from the ‘80s, chain smoking and shuffling through stacks of corporate tax documents, have no time for your comment
Justzissguy
But those particular people have probably died of heart disease by now so it doesn’t matter much.
CheeseborgarSoop
Kinda looks like Adam Scott.
sejer
That's what I was gonna say!
BarkingBlackbird
tiagogafe
Priorities.
BosunMark
weirdsmith
Now that's innovation. The future is looking bright.
Bambalamboozled
I gotta wear shades
Imalwaysready
My future’s so bright…*sets pants on fire putting Casio in their pocket*…I think I need first aid!
weirdsmith
There will always be casualties on the road to enlightenment.
BigRedTX
This was made during cocaine times
Asgth
You mean the decade(s) or a couple minutes after ripping a line?
DisUsernameAmsDildos
DarkwingDuc
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was cocaine times.
RelevantImgurian
I miss cocaine times ☹️
korndogg83
They needed alarm clocks during cocaine times?
Midgarmerc
This was definitely pitched by someone ON cocaine
DarkwingDuc
And, seeing as how it was green lit, it was also pitched to someone on cocaine.
GodsWorkSon
And then advertised by people on cocaine
Lurkinjustlookinohlookarmrolls
QQTrain
Showing the classmates you truly did smoke them during the test!
cattlegrazer82
They didn't let you use calculators back then. They actually taught you how to do math.
terriblethunderlizards
I like how its probably because you won't always have a calculator on yo- oh wait.
tr26
They absolutely did in engineering school.
CalvinisHobbes
By using a slide ruler, an analogue calculator
supervillin
But was your slide ruler also a lighter?
CalvinisHobbes
If one calculates fast enough
decarnatedame
You could, however, use a protractor and a slide rule.
MenloPart
I had a slide rule in high school--in the nineties.
Marsupialmessiah
I still have a slide rule and one for sae-metric. Still use it. Its useless for diff equations rho
SocoFox
The early days of the microchip era were a lawless place.
ricpaul
I just reminisced that the early digital watches had an all black screen like smartwatches today.Probably cause the LED drew too much power>
ricpaul
Guy at (Dutch) school had one in ~1978 because he just immigrated back from the US. Those things weren't available anywhere near my town.
SocoFox
My grandparents house was a wonderland of that mid-70's tech that fascinated a Gen-X kid like me. From the Mattel Electronic Football >
SocoFox
> to the Texas Instruments TI-2500 calculator, to the console stereo with the 8-track, and an Air Hockey table (it was a rite of passage >
SocoFox
> for me and every one of my cousins to get fingertips smashed by a puck as we watched our parents and aunts/uncles battle it out - it was >
SocoFox
> an important lesson).
yougotredonyu
I paid how much for my iPhone and it still doesn’t have a lighter? I bet Slevvies sells phones with a built in lighter.
astrangehop
I have an arc electric lighter, it could have been done!
DrasticBastard
I use to be able to control my Firefly vaporizer.
apLundell
They make cases and pop-socket rip-offs that have a built-in lighter. Seems like a really bad idea to me.
gaenaralhonk
If you use it wrong enough you can absolutely use it as a lighter
giganticroboticpenguin
Electric arc lighter run off the USB-C port.
TheRicM
I think there's an app for that
Maaatth
Buy a cheap replacement battery.
demosteness
People still buying iPhones ha!
brutalwookie
I’ve held onto this one for a while
IlluminaBlade
Samsung includes a lighter, single use though.
iMcFly
nomorehate
PileOfWalthers
Doesn’t open beer bottles for shit either.
orbitn
I promise you the guy who does fact fiend videos on yt can open a bottle with one. (it's a gimmick that he can open a bottle with anything)
decarnatedame
Nokia is a great combination bottle opener and axe.
Isthe4thtimethecharm
LG use to have a built in TV remote on them. It was fun when I went to restaurants.
Kingoftheblind
What kind of restaurants have TVs?
usersayswhat
Called IR Blasters, can get them as USBs
localsurfer
Weird chinese android phones often still do.
astrangehop
Ir blaster. Cool tech.
Grandolddrummer
I collect calculators and now I really want one of these.
rsktkr
Some things you really should keep to yourself.
Frederf
Have you seen Matt Parker calculator reviews?
MacklinBurtMacklinFBI
Trying to find one to buy
muchLongerUsername
Which one is your favorite, and why is it the HP 11C?
quzar
I'll never give up my Casio CFX-9850G. Bonded through strife. So much struggle when everyone else in every class had TIs
ababyzarmholdinganapple
I really liked my 15c. Is the 11c better?
muchLongerUsername
Not really, but the 15c was more expensive, so it's less well known.
barbarian818
Have you forgotten about the glory that is the Curta?
muchLongerUsername
The mechanical one? It's pretty nifty! But it doesn't do RPN.
Grandolddrummer
TI-89 is my bread and butter calculator. I'll have to give the 11C a shot though
muchLongerUsername
The TI-89 is definitely nicer, but at some point you may as well just use a laptop and numpy, y'know?
iExplainTheJoke
The 89 is allowed in most college exams which is why it’s so popular
muchLongerUsername
yeah, but I don't think anybody fell in love with it because of that